Title
Remains of Lord Viscount Nelson laying in state in the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital. / Engraved by M. Merigot, from a Drawing by C.A. Pugin, executed during the period of exhibition.
Creator
Me_rigot, J., printmaker.
Publication details
[London] : Published as the Act directs April 1 1806 by James Cundee, Albion Press, Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row., [April 1 1806]
Physical details
1 print : aquatint and etching with hand-colouring ; platemark 39.7 x 49.7 cm, on sheet 42.2 x 56.1 cm
Description
The coffin of Viscount Nelson inside the Painted Chamber at Greenwich Hospital on the left-hand side; figures dressed in black nearby; flags throughout the scene; a crown of people mourning behind a low wall to the right.
Place
London (England)
Additional information
The 'M. Merigot' probably refers to the engraver J. Merigot and the 'M.' stands for Monsignor rather than the initial of a first name. J. Merigot engraved a number of works after Pugin.
Other persons
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.17.1-3.p.2.